The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-02

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s01o1ne out With 6taxtline cles,nss'
cHe1nss IL 0amtnR zbeGkdToGnd. Thsrs
~. Wee ther00nds1mn waahedl intn Shs,e
petnape ~ fhousands q years az gvind ~
Weatnef. and, tocomplete the reeernhlsncs
HassSe va . octubhy growth az Waeds n
nonen upon IL which against IA a.
9 tor al the world Ike the wool an ?
ooloeea! ne9ro's head. Il certsiniv ~
.csy Soo-so odd that now I believe thai 4
=: ROSA mere freak Of nature. Init oicsn
uc monument. fashioned, IKE tie veil.
Anown Egyptian Sphinx, By . forpotten
people g Of . pile Of rock that lent itssif
70 tnelr destgn, perhaps a. an emblsm AZ
Wesnlng and defiance to any enemies vho
appIoacneo b harbor. Unfortunately We
VIZ never y to ascertain whether a
not TINS was the case, tnasmuch n IN
sock was dti1cult Of access both from land
eas sne water side, and We had other
Things "a attend to. Myself. c~onsiderina
tne matter BY the light Of what we after.
ward saw, I believe Il was fashioned Nv
man. 1, DUO whether or not this Il 20. there &
sCands. n sullenly stares from age to aee
ooS across the changing sea; there Il stood
W. Thousand years and moro aao. when
Amenartas, the Egyptian princess. and the
WIG OF Aeos remote ancestor Kaliikrates.
gaxed upon its devilish face; and thera /
nav no doubt It will still stand when "a
many centuries a. arc numbered between
ner day and our own are added to the wear
that bore Us to oblivion.
What do you think Of that, Job,n I
asked OF q retainer, who was sitting on
q edge Of the boat, trying to get as much
sunsnina as possible. and generally looking
unc0mmonly wretched, and I pointed ia
the fiery demoniacal head.
"Oh, Lord, sir" answered Job. who now
perceived the object for the first time. ~
tn1nk That the old gentleman must have
peen sitting for his portrait on them rocks.W
laughed, and tho laugh woke up Leo.
"Hallo," he said, .swhat's the mattar
with met I am all stiff. Where "a the
dhows" 70 sAo
YOU may DO thankful that you arc not
sitter, my boy" I answered. ssThe dhow
Is sunk, and everybody ON board her IA
drowned, with the exception Of US four. and
your " life was only saved bya miracle:n
and whilst Job, now that It was ipht
enough, searched about in a locker for the
brandy, for which Leo asked. I told him
the history Of our nights adventure.
Great Heavens!" he said, family: land
to think that we should have been chosen
to live through it."
By this time the brandy was forthcom.
ing, and we all had a good pull at It. and
thankful enough we were for it. Also the
sun was beginning to get strength. and
warm our chilled bones, for we had been
wet through for five hours or more.
Why" said Leo, with a gasp, as he mt
down the brandy bottle. "there is the head
the writing talks of-'the rock shaped me-
the head of an Ethiopian"
eyes," I said, "there It is.n
"Well, them" he answered, "the whole
thing is true"
"Idon't at all see that that follows.n
answered. eve knew this head was here;
your father saw it. Very likely it is not
the same head that the writing talks Of, or
IL it is, it proves nothing"
Lee smiled at me in a superior way.
you are Nh unbelieving Jew. Uncle
Horace" he said. "'Those who live will
sce."
EXACTLY So" I answered; land now per.
haps you observe that we are drifting across
a sand-bank into the mouth of the river.
Get hold of Your oar, job, and we will row
in and see If we can't find a placet to land"
The river mouth which we were enter
ing did not appear to be a very wide one,
as vet the long banks of sten.ninp